Status: Agreed to a two-year, $2.6 million contract with Brooklyn Nets.

Alan Anderson

Shooting guard

Age: 31

Status: Agreed to a two-year, $2.6 million contract with Brooklyn Nets.

Photo: David Sherman / NBAE/Getty Images

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Grant Jerrett

Forward

Age: 21

Status: Agreed to a multi-year deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Grant Jerrett

Forward

Age: 21

Status: Agreed to a multi-year deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Photo: Fernando Medina / NBAE/Getty Images

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Brandon Rush

Shooting guard

Age: 29

Status: Agreed to two-year, $2.5 million contract with the Golden State Warriors.

Brandon Rush

Shooting guard

Age: 29

Status: Agreed to two-year, $2.5 million contract with the Golden State Warriors.

Photo: Sam Forencich / NBAE/Getty Images

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Joey Dorsey

Power forward/Center

Age: 30

Status: Agreed to a two-year, $2 million deal with the Rockets.

Joey Dorsey

Power forward/Center

Age: 30

Status: Agreed to a two-year, $2 million deal with the Rockets.

Photo: Rodolfo Molina / EB via Getty Images

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Udonis Haslem

Power forward

Age: 34

Status: Agreed to a two-year, $5.4 million deal with Miami Heat.

Udonis Haslem

Power forward

Age: 34

Status: Agreed to a two-year, $5.4 million deal with Miami Heat.

Photo: Issac Baldizon / NBAE/Getty Images

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Jason Smith

Power forward

Age: 28

Status: Agreed to one-year, $3.3 million contract with the New York Knicks.

Jason Smith

Power forward

Age: 28

Status: Agreed to one-year, $3.3 million contract with the New York Knicks.

Photo: Thomas B. Shea / Getty Images

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Anthony Tolliver

Small forward

Age: 29

Status: Agreed to two-year, $6 million deal with the Phoenix Suns.

Anthony Tolliver

Small forward

Age: 29

Status: Agreed to two-year, $6 million deal with the Phoenix Suns.

Photo: Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Images

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James Jones

Shooting guard/Small forward

Age: 33

Status: Agreed to a one-year, veteran minimum deal worh $1.4 million with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

James Jones

Shooting guard/Small forward

Age: 33

Status: Agreed to a one-year, veteran minimum deal worh $1.4 million with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Photo: Issac Baldizon / NBAE/Getty Images

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DeJuan Blair

Power forward

Age: 25

Status: Acquired by the Washington Wizards in a sign-and-trade with the Dallas Mavericks.

DeJuan Blair

Power forward

Age: 25

Status: Acquired by the Washington Wizards in a sign-and-trade with the Dallas Mavericks.

Photo: Ronald Martinez / Getty Images

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Ed Davis

Power forward

Age: 25

Status: Signed two-year, $2 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Ed Davis

Power forward

Age: 25

Status: Signed two-year, $2 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Photo: Andrew D. Bernstein / NBAE/Getty Images

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Luke Ridnour

Point guard

Age: 33

Status: Agreed to two-year deal with the Orlando Magic.

Luke Ridnour

Point guard

Age: 33

Status: Agreed to two-year deal with the Orlando Magic.

Photo: David Liam Kyle / NBAE/Getty Images

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Ish Smith

Point guard

Age: 26

Status: Agreed to a one-year, league minimum deal with the Rockets.

Ish Smith

Point guard

Age: 26

Status: Agreed to a one-year, league minimum deal with the Rockets.

Photo: Andrew D. Bernstein / NBAE/Getty Images

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Richard Jefferson

Small forward

Age: 34

Status: Agreed to a deal with the Dallas Mavericks.

Richard Jefferson

Small forward

Age: 34

Status: Agreed to a deal with the Dallas Mavericks.

Photo: Andrew D. Bernstein / NBAE/Getty Images

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Rockets officially announce deals, 'valuable' first-round pick

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The Rockets did not just get a first-round draft pick in the three-team deal that brought Trevor Ariza to the Rockets as their primary free agent pickup and sent Omer Asik to New Orleans, they got “a valuable first round draft pick.”

The Rockets announcement of the trade made official on Tuesday made several references to the value of the pick they will get from the Pelicans, even citing the similarity to the pick they acquired from the Toronto Raptors that eventually became the key to the deal for James Harden.

The Rockets will receive the Pelicans’ pick in the first season in which the pick is as early as the fourth pick of the draft or as late as the 19th pick.

The Rockets, in their press release, called the pick “a near guaranteed lottery pick,” indicating that they consider the Pelicans to be “near guaranteed” to miss the playoffs next season.

The Rockets will also acquire guard Alonzo Gee and Scotty Hopson in the deal. Both have non-guaranteed contracts. Gee averaged 7.9 points and 3.6 rebounds in his three seasons with the Cavaliers.

Forward Omri Casspi, who was expected to be released before his contract became guaranteed Aug. 1, went to the Pelicans in the trade.